As mentioned in my previous post, I would post code for a script which will backup an LXD container as a snapshot, then transfer to an FTP server. The script to do this is below, it has been tested on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Ensure you have these packages installed: netcat exim4 lftp curl Save this […]
Google I/O 2018 is now over, as with last year I have added links to a bunch of talks I have found interesting. Most of them are Web related, with a couple of Android and Google Assitant talks. Google I/O 2018 main keynotes Keynote Developer Keynote Web Building a seamless web Build a […]
I have started getting-to-grips with LXD on Ubuntu – It’s pretty great! LXD makes it possible to separate your applications into containers, and the containers run close to bare metal. I’m running LXD on my webserver (the one hosting what you’re viewing this website on), with four containers: HAProxy: Used for sending port 80 and […]
For this setup, i’m using Ubuntu 16.04 running on a Raspberry Pi 3. The instructions should work correctly in Debian and Raspbian too – in fact, you will probably have luck using these instructions on any Linux operating system, Raspberry Pi or not. Note: FTP is not a secure protocol, I would recommend using SFTP […]
With Amp Conf over for 2018, there has been some great talks by speakers available on YouTube, these are some videos I felt gave me some good understanding for what’s next in AMP.
VestaCP offers an API which allows the firewall rules to be changed, but I could only find examples which use PHP and cURL and I required a script which would work as a Bash script. I’ve created a script below which you’re free to use. Ensure your host URL, admin username and password are correct […]
Note: Please understand, these instructions can make your system non-bootable. If you’re unsure, do not continue. If you’re trying to update the kernel and low/empty disk space errors are shown, it’s probably because the /boot/ directory is full. Use this command to see the available space of /boot/: sudo df -h Now check the kernel […]
This is an example of how to use the YouTube API with multiple videos within a Bootstrap carousel. I have added Play/Pause functionality to a custom button and added the ability for the videos to be paused when the carousel is transitioned. A CodePen is attached below to see the example in action, and the […]
Following the outbreak of three processor vulnerabilities, known as Spectre and Meltdown; I have already patched my systems and whilst doing so, came across this useful script written by Speed47. This script checks your system for the three vulnerabilities. I found it useful to check my systems were secure after applying kernel updates. To run […]
I thought I would share this simple PHP function to hopefully help anyone needing a quick solution. Imagine, you have a multi-dimensional array such as this: <?php //Example array $array = array( ‘test’ => array( ‘name’ => ‘John Doe’, ’email’ => ‘john@example.com’ ) ); ?> And you need to extract a specific bit of data, […]